May 2026 at the Coolidge

Now that the April showers are (allegedly) over, is it time for May flowers yet? Our special programming is the perfect way to start your spring off right!

This month sees a sweeping series of films about filmmaking; a Studio Ghibli series centered around a new 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service; two five-week classes; the return of our Queering the Screen signature program; plenty of speaker engagements; and more.

Read on for everything we’re screening this month!

Take Two: Filmmaking in the Movies

Our sweeping May series about the messy, hilarious, and occasionally disastrous business of making movies! Plus, take the class in tandem with the series.
Sponsored by MUBI!

Ghibliotheque

Join us for a week of screenings celebrating the incredible films of Studio Ghibli, centered around a new 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service!
Co-presented by the Japan Society of Boston!

Speaker Engagements

Like your screenings with a side of talkbacks? Catch a screening with a speaker discussion for O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story; Frankenstein; Move Ya Body: The Birth of House; and Babystar.

Big Screen Classics

Watch certified classics the way they were meant to be seen. This month, catch a Shadow of a Doubt plus an intro seminar, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Jurassic Park!
Co-presented in-kind by WBUR and the Iris Hotel Boston.

Coolidge After Midnite

Celebrate a true master of the macabre, director Sam Raimi! Kiss your nerves goodbye as we screen his Evil Dead franchise hits as well as some of his lesser-known nightmares, many from 35mm prints (and one on VHS!). Also, wrestling movies!

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month’s picks are Cecil B. Demented and The Stunt Man!

Coolidge Education

Take one of our five-week classes about Paul Thomas Anderson or filmmaking in the movies, learn more at a seminar before Shadow of a Doubt or American Movie, and showcase your short film at Boston Open Screen!

Cinema Masala

Our series celebrating Indian cinema! This month, see Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya Akhtar’s popular road comedy.
Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation and Sapna Saxena!

More Good Stuff

  • Tommy: Thursday, May 7 at 7:00pm | Cinema Jukebox co-presented in-kind by Allston Pudding

  • The Princess Diaries: Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm | Rewind! with afterparty including themed food and drinks

  • The General: Tuesday, May 26 at 7:00pm | The Sounds of Silents featuring a live, original score by the Anvil Orchestra

This Week

  • The new film from Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario), starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.

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  • Based on the life story of Tourette's Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, MBE. 

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  • The new film from Steven Soderbergh, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.

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  • Modern pop star meets gothic melodrama in David Lowery’s phantasmagoric tale of two women bound across time and space by their personal and artistic histories.

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  • The eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined a generation. 

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  • Amy Goodman takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth

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  • Adam Sandler stars as the ultimate master of ceremonies who guarantees all a good time. 

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  • François Ozon’s new take on Albert Camus’s classic novel of existentialist ennui.

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  • Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE.

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  • An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.

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  • A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes, unaware the property is said to be haunted by a witch.

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  • A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.

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  • Writer/Director Sam Raimi's relentless, gore-spattered debut is a landmark in horror cinema.

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    Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.

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  • Hayao Miyazaki’s celebration of childhood imagination tells the story of two girls' adventure in a forest filled with magical creatures.

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  • From the Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki, comes the Oscar-nominated fantasy adventure for the whole family.

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  • A Blast of DRAMATIC Dynamite exploded right before your eyes!

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  • Princess Mononoke

    4K restoration directly overseen by Studio Ghibli’s own Atsushi Okui!

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  • Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous fantasy adventure, winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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  • He only needs three things to get through the day ... an espresso, an aspirin, and a miracle.

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  • tommy

    Your senses will never be the same.

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